Fox News correspondent: “It's a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war”

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From the February 18, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus

JENNIFER GRIFFIN (CORRESPONDENT): It’s a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war. The U.S. is engaged, as you mention, in the largest military build-up since the eve of the Iraq War. Meanwhile in the Strait of Hormuz today, Iran and Russia are holding live-fire exercises as the IRGC flexes its own muscle.